Laying The Venue
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Lay."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The entitling of a declaration or complaint with the name of the jurisdiction.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Lat.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Stating in the margin of a declaration the county in which the plaintiff proposes that the trial of the action shall take place.